Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.

Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 19 occupations and seen in 21 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Prepare proposals or grant applications. in Documenting/Recording Information .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 19 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 19 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 6 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.006% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Write grant applications to obtain funding. · Molecular and Cellular Biologists · importance 4.4 · direct LLM exposure
• Identify and apply for project funding. · Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Write applications for research grants. · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Write research proposals to receive funding. · Physicists · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Write proposals to win new projects. · Survey Researchers · importance 4.0 · direct LLM exposure
• Prepare and submit budget requests and recommendations, or grant proposals to solicit program funding. · Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Prepare project proposals. · Natural Sciences Managers · importance 3.9 · direct LLM exposure
• Raise funds for scientific research. · Astronomers · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Write grants to obtain funding for restoration projects. · Environmental Restoration Planners · importance 3.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Present water resource proposals to government, public interest groups, or community groups. · Water Resource Specialists · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Develop, prepare, and coordinate grant applications and grant-related activities to obtain funding for health education programs and related work. · Health Education Specialists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Write proposals, project reports, informational brochures, or other documents on wastewater purification, water supply and demand, or other water resource subjects. · Water Resource Specialists · importance 3.6 · direct LLM exposure
• Prepare and submit budget requests or grant proposals to solicit program funding. · Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Apply for federal funding for emergency-management-related needs, and administer and report on the progress of such grants. · Emergency Management Directors · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Write project proposals, grant applications, or other documents to pursue funding for environmental initiatives. · Chief Sustainability Officers · importance 3.3 · direct LLM exposure
• Identify funding sources and write grant proposals for eligible programs or services. · Genetic Counselors · importance 3.1 · direct LLM exposure
• Write grants to procure external funding, and supervise grant-funded projects. · Education Administrators, Postsecondary · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Plan and prepare grant proposals to request program funding. · Dietitians and Nutritionists · importance 2.6 · exposure with tools
• Seek federal funding for local projects and programs. · Legislators · exposure with tools
• Write grant applications to fund epidemiologic research. · 19-1041.00
• Write grants to obtain funding for research projects. · 19-3041.00

Occupations that perform this

• Molecular and Cellular Biologists
• Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
• Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
• Physicists
• Survey Researchers
• Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
• Natural Sciences Managers
• Astronomers
• Environmental Restoration Planners
• Health Education Specialists
• Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
• Emergency Management Directors
• Chief Sustainability Officers
• Education Administrators, Postsecondary
• Genetic Counselors
• Dietitians and Nutritionists
• Legislators
• 19-1041.00
• 19-3041.00

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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